Many of the people who email me from the defense side talk about the “YKK LOBBY!”
Even at AUSA, someone screamed, “Bring down the YKK lobby!”
Everyone tells me YKK® dominates zipper procurement.

I think this is why I’m having such a tough time obtaining federal funding for something EVERY DoD LAB and A MYRIAD of DoD CONTRACTORS AND SOLDIERS are contacting me about.

Natick Army researchers in chem/bio defense need to be investigated!

There’s no reason for them to ask me for technology and refuse to fund it… especially while they’re funding frauds like nanoGriptech for MILLIONS.

If YKK® zippers were able to meet the demands of what DoD needs then… they’d likely not ask for something different.
But, there’s likely too much money and/or influence pouring in from YKK® for anyone to even think about using something they really need.

So…

The United States Army kowtows to the influence of a Japanese company despite the FACT that they know YKK® zippers are lacking when it comes to keeping soldiers alive when facing chem/bio and other 21st century warfare threats!
(Japan’s awesome! Totally on my bucket list to visit Ōkunoshima… but every country’s military should prioritize the country’s citizen’s businesses… especially if they need something better that the foreign company can’t do and the domestic company can do!)